Revenue, excluding grants (current US$) by country

Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here. Data are in current US dollar.

Countries reporting
30
Highest
116.51 billion current US$
South Africa
Lowest
4.59 million current US$
Liberia
Median
2.46 billion current US$
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
385

What the numbers show

Revenue, excluding grants (current US$) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 116.51 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 4.59 million current US$ in Liberia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.46 billion current US$, and the mean is 12.23 billion current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,370.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 1,813.7%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 40.0%).

Revenue, excluding grants: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 116.51 billion current US$ 2011 up 258.4% rising
2 Algeria 80.86 billion current US$ 2011 up 60.9% rising
3 Egypt 50.53 billion current US$ 2011 up 136.2% volatile
4 Morocco 33.16 billion current US$ 2011 up 173.3% rising
5 Nigeria 20.14 billion current US$ 2008 rising
6 Tunisia 14.40 billion current US$ 2011 up 144.8% rising
7 Ghana 7.66 billion current US$ 2011 up 696.5% volatile
8 Kenya 6.95 billion current US$ 2011 up 180.9% volatile
9 Botswana 5.46 billion current US$ 2011 up 151.4% rising
10 Ethiopia 3.32 billion current US$ 2011 up 247.2% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.08 billion current US$ 2010 up 1,813.7% volatile
12 Zambia 2.82 billion current US$ 2010 up 371.0% volatile
13 Uganda 2.76 billion current US$ 2011 up 348.4% volatile
14 Namibia 2.58 billion current US$ 2007 up 112.3% rising
15 Zimbabwe 2.48 billion current US$ 1997 up 17.3% rising
16 Congo 2.43 billion current US$ 2005 up 386.0% volatile
17 Burkina Faso 1.68 billion current US$ 2011 up 348.6% rising
18 Mali 1.63 billion current US$ 2010 up 399.9% rising
19 Cameroon 1.47 billion current US$ 1999 down 7.3% falling
20 Madagascar 1.33 billion current US$ 2008 up 194.1% rising
21 Benin 1.25 billion current US$ 2011 up 221.0% rising
22 Lesotho 1.06 billion current US$ 2008 up 170.0% rising
23 Senegal 821.38 million current US$ 2001 up 6.6% rising
24 Togo 671.02 million current US$ 2011 up 118.4% rising
25 Eswatini 494.43 million current US$ 2003 rising
26 Cape Verde 444.19 million current US$ 2009 rising
27 Seychelles 378.61 million current US$ 2011 up 62.5% rising
28 Sierra Leone 345.61 million current US$ 2011 up 230.5% volatile
29 Burundi 127.65 million current US$ 1999 down 40.0% falling
30 Liberia 4.59 million current US$ 2011 up 230.5% rising

About this data

Indicator
Revenue, excluding grants (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 385 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here. Data are in current US dollar.